But instantly, ashamed of his weakness, he presented it again, and received the remainder of his punishment without flinching.

The master then turned to Annie; and finding her still speechless, gave her a push that nearly threw her on her face, and said, "Go to your seat, Ann Anderson.

The next time you do that I will punish you severely." Annie sat down, and neither sobbed nor cried.

But it was days before she recovered from the shock.

Once, long after, when she was reading about the smothering of the princes in the Tower, the whole of the physical sensations of those terrible moments returned upon her, and she sprang from her seat in a choking agony..